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<div class="question"><div class="question-question"><p>I am 22, I have been on the contraceptive pill since I first became sexually active at age 15. I have REALLY regular UTIs (I always pee and drink water after sex etc) and have been on antibiotics for that quite alot. I also experience a hightened sex-drive if I go off the pill even for a few weeks. I feel like, even though my GP doesn't even consider it, that my UTIs might be due the contraceptive pill.</p>
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<div class="question"><div class="question-question"> <p>I heard about a male <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/3438"><dfn title="Any number of methods people use to intentionally prevent unwanted pregnancy, including the condom, the cervical barrier, the implant, the patch, the pill, the rhythm method, the ring, the shot, the IUD, spermicide and withdrawal.
">birth control</dfn></a> pill a few years ago but have not heard anything about it since. Does it even exist? Other than the <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/3356"><dfn title="A thin sheath or tube of latex or another material, worn over the penis during sex to prevent or reduce the risk of pregnancy and/or sexually transmitted infections.
">condom</dfn></a>, I feel like it's always the woman's responsibility. I know that the consequences of unprotected <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/3311"><dfn title="Different things people choose to do to actively express or enact sexuality and sexual feelings; often this involves genitals, but not always. The word sex also means a way people, animals or plants are classified based on their chromosomes, genitals or reproductive organs.">sex</dfn></a> are heavier for women but I would love it if it wasn't always the woman who had to throw her body out of whack by taking birth control. That said, <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/3430"><dfn title="A common term for birth control pills/oral contraceptives. A hormonal medication used to prevent unwanted pregnancy.">the pill</dfn></a> and other hormonal birth control methods all seem to have some health risk involved (increased <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/3457"><dfn title="Glandular tissue, fat, connective tissue and skin on the chest. ">breast</dfn></a> cancer risk, cardiovascular risk, etc.) I know we need to protect ourselves, but it seems extreme to take all these health risks to avoid <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/3390"><dfn title="The state of carrying a developing embryo or fetus within the uterus. Medically, someone is considered to be regnant when an egg has been fertilized by sperm, cells divide, and the fertilized egg is implanted within the lining of the uterus.">pregnancy</dfn></a> (considering the fact that many people who use birth control do not even use a condom or protection against STIs). I just think that if a man loved a woman, he would not want her to increase her risk of certain health problems by taking the pill. Is the condom really a dependable method for someone like me who refuses to take hormonal birth control? There are just so many choices to make when becoming <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/3439"><dfn title="Someone who has had or is currently having some kind of genital sex with a partner or partners.">sexually active</dfn></a>.</p>
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